Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases
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Jan Jacques Michiels

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  Bone Marrow Features and Natural History of BCR/ABL-Positive Thrombocythemia and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Compared to BCR/ABLNegative Thrombocythemia in Essential Thrombocythemia and Polycythemia Vera
  Author(s): Jan Jacques Michiels, Fibo W.J. Ten Kate, Hendrik De Raeve, Alain Gadisseur4Jan Jacques Michiels, Fibo W.J. Ten Kate, Hendrik De Raeve, Alain Gadisseur4
  
  The Hannover bone marrow (BM) classification distinguished three phenotypes of BCR/ABL-positive CML: CML of common type (CML.CT), CML with megakaryocyte increase (CML.MI) and CML with megakaryocyte predominance (CML.MP). BCR/ABL-positive essential thrombocythemia (Ph-positive ET) is featured by CML.MP bone marrow picture of small monolobulated megakaryocytes and is part of the CML spectrum as a malignant disease (neoplasia) with an obligate transition into acute leukemia of near to 100% after 10 years follow-up. The Hannover BM classification distinguished three primary prefibrotic BCR/ABL-negative (Ph-negative) myeloproiferative disorders (MPD)s: essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV) and chronic or primary megakaryocytic granulocytic myeloproliferation (CMGM/PMGM). The incidence of blasts crisis is low in the Phnegative MPDs ET, PV and CMGM. The risk of myelofibrosis.. View More»
  

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